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Diseases Due to Alcohol: There is No Safe Level for Alcohol as Light to Moderate Drinkers are Still Prone to Alcohol-Related Cancer

A group of researchers from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Brigham and the Women's Hospital in Boston found that light drinking, or one standard drink a day for women and two drinks for men, was linked only to a nominal increase in risk of all cancers. But, a daily glass of wine for women raised the chances of acquiring breast cancer significantly--regardless if they are smokers or not, since smoking is not linked to breast cancer.

Data Storage Breakthrough: DNA Strand can Store 300,000 Data for 2,000 Years

A new breakthrough in data storage was introduced by lead researcher Robert Grass and his colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. The group found a way to store data and to retrieve it in a DNA strand, even after thousands of years.

U.S. Homebuilders Update: Confidence Level Rising Steadily Hitting Near-Decade High

Confidence in United States single-family homes have a slow but steady rise this month, despite being stalled last July. The monthly sentiment index released from the National Association of Home Builders states that the confidence level of homeowners to homebuilders rose by 1 point to 61, making it the highest level since November 2005.
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